With, left, Estonian e-residency project head Kaspar Korjus, Veriff CEO Kaarel Kotkas: "There are some differences that a human eye could miss, but the algorithm won't." In the spring last year, Kaarel Kotkas was finishing his high-school studies at the Tallinn Secondary School of Science. Around that time he was approached by billion-dollar startup TransferWise, which has its development hub in Estonia. "We've heard great things about you. Could we meet up and discuss a few opportunities for cooperation?"

Obama administration officials are previewing long-awaited guidance that attempts to bring self-driving cars to the nation's roadways safely -- without creating so many roadblocks that the technology can't make it to market quickly. Traditional automakers and tech companies have been testing self-driving prototypes on public roads for several years, with a human in the driver's seat just in case. The results suggest that what once seemed like a technology perpetually over the horizon appears to be fast approaching, especially with car companies announcing a string of investments and acquisitions in recent months. Federal officials have been struggling with how to capitalize on the technology's promised safety benefits -- the cars can react faster than people, but don't drink or get distracted -- while making sure they are ready for widespread use. The new guidance represents their current thinking, which they hope will bring some order to what has been a chaotic rollout so far.

With firms including Tesla, Google and Audi all working on self-driving cars, it is only a matter of time before they will be hitting the streets worldwide. While there are currently roadblocks that prevent the technology from making it to market quickly, that looks set to change. Obama administration officials have previewed long-awaited guidance that attempts to bring self-driving cars to US roadways, although many of the details remain unclear. Traditional automakers, such as Audi, and tech companies have been testing self-driving prototypes on public roads for several years, with a human in the driver's seat just in case (Audi self driving vehicle pictured) Under the proposal, the federal transportation regulators, rather than states, should be in charge of regulating self-driving cars since the vehicles are essentially controlled by software, not people, administration officials said. States have historically set the rules for licensing drivers, but when the driver becomes a computer'we intend to occupy the field here,' Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said.

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.outlines his department's intial guidelines for regulating autonomous vehicles. Federal safety regulators will issue a broad framework today for developing, testing and deploying autonomous vehicles, which are coming to market before undergoing many tests human-driven cars must meet before they are offered to consumers. The framework contained four sections -- vehicle performance guidance, a model state policy, current regulatory tools and modern regulatory tools. The Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will listen to public and industry comment for the next 60 days. In addition to the four sections, DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx discussed what he called a 15-point safety assessment that will govern how NHTSA proceeds in the uncharted territory, where software, not humans, operates vehicles.

In 2012, Google dropped off two self-driving cars near the steps of Florida's statehouse in Tallahassee. They were there at the behest of a freshly elected Florida state senator, Jeff Brandes. Lawmakers, some with families in tow, stepped into Google's…

New drugs typically take 12-14 years to make it to market, with a 2014 report finding that the average cost of getting a new drug to market had ballooned to a whopping 2.6 billion. It's a topic I've covered before, with a study published earlier this year highlighting how automation could be used to reduce the cost of drug discovery by approximately 70%. It's an approach that a number of companies are taking to market. For instance, London based start-up Benevolent.AI utilizes complex AI to look for patterns in the scientific literature. They have already managed to identify two potential drug targets for Alzheimer's that has already attracted the attention of pharmaceutical companies.

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

WASHINGTON – When Hillary Clinton attended her first major White House meeting on Russia in February 2009, the new secretary of state insisted that she wanted to play a leading role in President Barack Obama's effort to "reset" U.S. relations with Moscow. But while Clinton became implementer-in-chief for one of Obama's signature first-term initiatives, she was consistently more skeptical than most of his top aides about how far Russian leader Vladimir Putin was prepared to go in turning the page, according to current and former U.S. officials. That stance is indicative of how she will go about dealing with Moscow if she is elected U.S. president on Nov. 8, aides to both Clinton and Obama said. With U.S. relations with Moscow already plumbing post-Cold War lows, the aides and veteran Russia watchers said she will likely take a harder line than Obama or Republican nominee Donald Trump, who has praised Putin as a strong leader. Dealing with Putin, who is flexing his geopolitical muscle from Ukraine to Syria to cyberspace, will be among Clinton's biggest foreign policy challenges -- one made more daunting by the personal bad blood between them.

US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said the federal government intends to set the safety standards for cars of the future where no human is involved in the driving, even while individual states still regulate cars with humans behind the wheel. But some of the rules will extend to advanced driver-assistance systems, like those in Teslas, that can handle significant levels of driving even while demanding a person stay at the wheel of the car, officials said. Announcing a 15-point safety assessment for driverless car systems, Foxx stressed that the government wants to work with developers--which include most large automakers as well as tech giants such as Uber and Alphabet (Google)--without stifling their efforts. "This area we recognize as an evolving area. This is an emerging technology," he announced.